Bob Godfrey
Biography
Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013), known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years.
He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb (1974), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and Henry's Cat (1983–93) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film Great (1975), a humorous biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971), Dream Doll (1979), with Zlatko Grgic, and Small Talk (1994) with animator Kevin Baldwin.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
I am a Rebel as Himself (voice)
2018Secrets of British Animation as Self (archive Photos)
201840 Great Years as Himself (archive)
2014What is Animation? as Narrator (voice)
1994Small Talk as Voices
1994Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
1988Honestly It's the Story of My Life as Barber
1983Henry's Cat as Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
1976I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight as Postman
1976Dear Margery Boobs as Worried Streatham (voice)
1970Henry 9 'til 5 as Henry
1969Two off the Cuff
1968The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Factory Mechanic
1966L'art pour l'art as Pop
1965Help! as Priest/Thug
1964A Hard Day's Night as Man in Pub (uncredited)
1960Battle of New Orleans
1955Bride and Groom
—The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator as Self